Konieczny (masculine), Konieczna (feminine) is a Polish surname. A possible origin is a nickname for a person who lived at the edge of a village, from the archaic meaning of the word
''konieczny'', 'last', 'final'
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[Etymologia nazwiska Konieczny]
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Early records of the surname are dated by 1425. Its bearers were both ''
szlachta
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'' (Polish nobility) and commoners. , there were over 14,000 persons with this surname in Poland.
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Spelling variant: Koneczny, Czech-language variant: Konečný.
Notable people with the surname include:
]
Konieczny
* Aleksy Konieczny (1925–?), Polish bobsledder
* Bartłomiej Konieczny (born 1981), Polish footballer
* Doug Konieczny (born 1951), American former Major League Baseball pitcher
* Edward J. Konieczny (born 1954), bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Oklahoma
* Hans-Peter Konieczny, one of the members of the Red Army Faction
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* Janusz Konieczny (senator) (born 1942), Polish politician
* Janusz Konieczny (general) (born 1946), Polish general
* Jerzy Konieczny (1950–2020), Polish politician
* Marian Konieczny (1930–2017), Polish sculptor
* Robert Konieczny (born 1969), Polish architect
* Tomasz Konieczny (born 1972), Polish opera singer
* Zdzisław Konieczny (1930–2016), Polish historian
* Zygmunt Konieczny
Zygmunt Konieczny (born 3 January 1937) is a Polish composer of theatre and film music.
Early life
Konieczny spent his childhood in the village of Szczyrzyc.
Career
He debuted in the 1950s in the cabaret Piwnica pod Baranami in Kraków ...
(born 1937), Polish composer
* Zygmunt Konieczny (bobsleigh) (1927–2003), Polish bobsledder
Konieczna
* Aleksandra Konieczna (born 1965), Polish actress
* Aneta Konieczna (born 1978), Polish sprint canoer
* Karolina Konieczna, Polish road cyclist who competed in the 2006 UCI Road World Championships
* Klaudia Konieczna (born 1995), Polish volleyball player
See also
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References
{{surname, Konieczny, f. Konieczna
Polish-language surnames